The Wind That Carries Away What Divided Us

"The account of Pentecost places considerable emphasis on the unifying power of the Holy Spirit. Men and women . . . were all gathered together. The hurricane sound surrounded all of them, and all of the were singularly designated as recipients of the Holy Spirit with a living flame. They were all filled with the Spirit . . . This enablement meant not only that the Spirit was giving them new powers to proclaim the gospel in all the world but also and more importantly that the human race was again being united into one body. The scattering and the ethnic and linguistic splintering that had occurred at the tower of Babel were reversed through the ministry of Christ. The divisions . . . that had resulted from the fall were finally overcome in the new community. The oneness of Eden was being recovered."

Gilbert Bilezikian, "Beyond Sex Roles: What The Bible Says About A Woman's Place in Church and Family," Baker Academic, 2006